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		<title>Kindle Unlimited and the ongoing commoditization of books</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/07/kindle-unlimited-and-the-ongoing-commoditization-of-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2015 18:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mathew Ingram]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authors complain that features like Amazon's new Kindle Unlimited book-rental program are devaluing books, but it's not Amazon that is devaluing book writing -- in a very real sense, the internet&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Barnes &amp; Noble and Microsoft call off their Nook partnership</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/04/barnes-noble-and-microsoft-call-off-their-nook-partnership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 14:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the middle of yet another disappointing earnings report Thursday, Barnes &#38; Noble announced that it's terminating the strategic partnership it formed with Microsoft in 2012. That partnership had combined Barnes&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Updated: Amazon and Hachette finally reach deal; Hachette will set its ebook prices</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/13/have-amazon-and-hachette-reached-a-deal-some-pre-orders-and-discounts-are-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon and book publisher Hachette have finally reached a deal in the contentious and public negotiations that have been going on since May, the companies announced Thursday.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>More than 1,000 pro-Hachette authors send a letter to Amazon&#8217;s board of directors</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/09/15/more-than-1000-pro-hachette-authors-send-a-letter-to-amazons-board-of-directors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 1,000 authors in support of Hachette reached out to Amazon's board of directors Monday, decrying Amazon's treatment of Hachette titles.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>More than 1,100 German authors protest Amazon&#8217;s treatment of book publisher Bonnier</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/08/18/more-than-1100-german-authors-protest-amazons-treatment-of-book-publisher-bonnier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 1,200 German, Austrian and Swiss authors have signed a letter protesting Amazon's actions in Germany against book publisher Bonnier.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hachette CEO: &#8220;More than 80% of the ebooks we publish are priced at $9.99 or lower&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2014 23:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch spoke out Sunday, saying that "Amazon is seeking a lot more profit and even more market share, at the expense of authors, bricks and mortar&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Apple acquires BookLamp, which was once a great book recommendation site</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/26/apple-acquires-booklamp-which-was-once-a-great-book-recommendation-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple has acquired BookLamp, the Boise, Idaho-based startup that aimed to provide better book recommendations based on thousands of elements of a book's text.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>If you love books then you should be rooting for Amazon, not Hachette or the Big Five</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/02/if-you-love-books-then-you-should-be-rooting-for-amazon-not-hachette-or-the-big-five/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2014 19:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mathew Ingram]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The conventional wisdom seems to be that by putting the screws to publishers like Hachette, Amazon is displaying its monopoly powers and ruining the book industry. But it is actually making&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>88</slash:comments>
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		<title>One of Amazon&#8217;s &#8220;best books of the month&#8221; is a Hachette title that you can&#8217;t pre-order</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/01/one-of-amazons-best-books-of-the-month-is-a-hachette-title-that-you-cant-pre-order/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon is promoting a Hachette title as one of its best books of July. But, because of Hachette and Amazon's contract dispute, the book's not available for pre-order.]]></description>
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		<title>Barnes &amp; Noble plans to spin off ailing Nook as a separate public company</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/06/25/barnes-noble-plans-to-spin-off-ailing-nook-as-a-separate-public-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barnes &#38; Noble plans to spin off its beleaguered Nook division as a separate public company by the beginning of 2015, the company said in its earnings Wednesday.]]></description>
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